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On the date

Monday, December 6, 1943

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The Headlines

OFFENSIVE GOES ON; Only One Major Peak of Camino Group Is Still Held by Germans 8TH ARMY GAINS AND LOSES Captures San Vito Chietino but Is Beaten Back by Enemy Attack on Orsogna OFFENSIVE GOES ON IN ITALIAN HEIGHTS

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Paper Doll

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

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Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1943

  • Loose lips sink ships

Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)

Loaf of Bread

$0.08

Gallon of Gas

$0.18

Average Home

$2,938

New Car

$850

Time Elapsed

30,132 days ago

(82 years, 202 days)